Definitions of seat in various dictionaries:
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a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
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the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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furniture that is designed for sitting on
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any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
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a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
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the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
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the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
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a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
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the cloth covering for the buttocks
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show to a seat
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be able to seat
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place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
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put a seat on a chair
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provide with seats
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place or attach firmly in or on a base
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place in or on a seat
Something, such as a chair or bench, that may be sat on.
A place in which one may sit.
The right to occupy such a place or a ticket indicating this right: got seats for the concert.
The part on which one rests in sitting: a bicycle seat.
The buttocks.
The part of a garment that covers the buttocks.
A part serving as the base of something else.
The surface or part on which another part sits or rests.
The place where something is located or based: The heart is the seat of the emotions.
A place of abode or residence, especially a large house that is part of an estate: the squire’s country seat.
Membership in an organization, such as a legislative body or stock exchange, that is obtained by appointment, election, or purchase.
The manner of sitting on a horse: a fox hunter with a good seat.
To place in or on a seat.
To cause or assist to sit down: The ushers will seat the members of the bride’s family.
To provide with a particular seat: The usher seated me in the back row.
To have or provide seats for: We can seat 300 in the auditorium.
To install in a position of authority or eminence.
To rest on or fit into another part: The O-rings had not seated correctly in their grooves.
In a manner based on intuition and experience rather than method: He ran the business by the seat of his pants.
Without the use of instruments: an inexperienced pilot who had to fly the aircraft by the seat of her pants.
verb - to place on a seat (something on which one sits)
SEAT - A seat is a place to sit. The term may encompass additional features, such as back, armrest and head restraint....